Sale reports / Nebraska / Huss Livestock / 2025-04-09

Huss Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Kearney, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 9
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1848
Receipts
1,605 head
▼ 1,561 vs last sale 3,166▼ 1,162 vs year ago 2,767 · −42.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower with flyweight steers and heifers selling sharply lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with an active internet.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.15/cwt on 178 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −87.99 against this barn's trailing median of $425.15.
Average price
$337.15
178 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,870
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.41
vs NE average
+20.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555337.151,870178
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale178 hd
337.15
—
NE average4 barns · 668 hd
337.56
−0.41
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
+20.60
This barn, trailing median21 sales
425.15
−87.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
484433383332median 425.1503/0404/2207/0109/0910/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.00, low $346.15, median $425.15 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

27 lots · USDA AMS · Huss Livestock Market - Kearney, NE
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317507.00/cwt507.00–507.001,6076
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427418.36/cwt409.00–428.001,78610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476380.67/cwt373.00–385.001,81220
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509383.63/cwt360.00–390.001,95335
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566373.49/cwt353.00–380.002,114243
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,8935
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631343.45/cwt341.00–346.002,16714
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671323.29/cwt299.00–328.002,169133
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1702303.72/cwt294.00–307.002,132117
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770296.77/cwt280.50–308.002,28531
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1832280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,33056
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1941267.25/cwt267.25–267.252,51515
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364421.93/cwt411.00–434.001,53626
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421377.38/cwt375.00–380.001,58914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472347.28/cwt339.00–358.001,63997
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5789
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544349.89/cwt331.00–353.001,90399
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568321.19/cwt311.00–333.001,82479
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622315.85/cwt294.00–319.001,965135
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670295.69/cwt282.00–301.001,98177
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720274.81/cwt270.00–279.001,97926
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement728286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,08230
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement786303.59/cwt280.00–309.752,38696
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement861280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,4118
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,8576
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7509
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1632326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0606

This sale against other markets

Nebraska weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.